Price, John. 2023. 'Walking with Booth: Deptford 1899'. In: Telegraph Hill Festival. London, United Kingdom 19 March 2023. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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A walking tour exploring Victorian Deptford through the eyes of social investigator Charles Booth and his famous poverty map. In the late nineteenth century, Charles Booth undertook a systematic investigation of the social, cultural and economic conditions that shaped Londoners’ everyday lives. A striking feature of Booth’s work were the Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, where one of seven colours were attributed to individual streets depending upon the level of poverty of the inhabitants; yellow for the wealthy, down to black for the vicious and semi-criminal. Drawing directly from Booth’s original notebooks, this walk was a partial re-creation of one of the walks around Deptford in 1899. Walking the route today not only provides a valuable opportunity to reengage with the historical context, it also highlights the developing and ever-evolving nature of the modern city.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	History
Dates:	Date Event 19 March 2023 Completed
Event Location:	London, United Kingdom
Date range:	19 March 2023
Item ID:	37008
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2024 18:12
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2024 18:17
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/37008

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